well, we don't yet know whether this "took", since 3.0.2 shows regressions across the board in autopkgtests.
i've set up the upstream bug to track this, and am on it: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/2505 thus far i've been able to run down that it's the "box" demo that's failing in the "demo" autopkgtest. i expect to have it resolved tonight. i'll either cut a new debian package with the necessary patch, or cut a 3.0.3, we'll see.
